The stories we are destined to tell find us.

Stories choose us, not the other way around.

Are infinite possibilities a storyteller's worst enemy or best friend? I'd say a bit of both really and one must be grateful for this paradox.

A deep level of personal engagement is key to good writing and complete immersion by the writer will translate into a richer and more engaging experience for the reader.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Who think about the end will never become a hero .

There is only one success-to be able to spend your life in your own way.

I see myself as a recorder of history, sort of a visual historian.

We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet it with care and judgment.

But man is above all a social and political animal; his relations with his fellow human beings form his most absorbing and important interest.

We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.

One of the first signs of being depressed is that you lose interest in things. That's why I think it is important to stay passionate.

For those that say I endanger my child: it's more likely that you will fall while walking on the sidewalk than I will while skating with my daughter.